My Year Participating in the B.A.M. Mangrove Project

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Mangrove Education and Restoration Program Blog A guest blog by Keonte Nightingale, Grade 11, Forest Heights Academy and participant in the Bahamas Awareness of Mangroves (B.A.M.) program.     Ever since the B.A.M. mangrove project, I have become much more aware …

Helping Students Love Mangroves

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A guest blog by: Cassandra Abraham  Education Officer  Friends of the Environment   Mangrove Education and Restoration Program Blog Mangroves are one of the most productive ecosystems in the world. In small island nations like The Bahamas, where most people …

Reviving Mangrove Wetlands in the Bahamas

This article featured in Tribune 242 highlights the Foundation’s Bahamas Awareness of Mangroves (B.A.M.) program along with its phases, goals, and hopes for the future of reviving mangrove wetlands and inspiring stewardship of this vital ecosystem through out the Bahamas. …

B.A.M. The Final Phase – Acclimating & Planting Mangroves

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Mangrove Education and Restoration Program Blog I’m back in the Bahamas for the final installment of the Bahamas Awareness of Mangroves (B.A.M.) program. Students from Abaco Central High School and Forest Heights Academy have been successfully growing red mangrove propagules (seedlings) …

B.A.M. Bahamas Mangrove Planting

We’re back in the Bahamas again for some Bahamas mangrove planting… taking students and teachers to restore a local mangrove forest. It’s the final phase in a new mangrove education and restoration program called Bahamas Awareness of Mangroves (B.A.M.). Forty-five students …

B.A.M. – A New Project to Restore Mangroves in The Bahamas

April 21, 2016 ANNAPOLIS, MD – This week, the Khaled bin Sultan Living Oceans Foundation (KSLOF), in partnership with Friends of the Environment (FRIENDS), is taking students and teachers to restore a local mangrove forest. It’s the final phase in …

El Niño’s warmth devastates reefs worldwide

This article on how El Niño’s warmth devastates reefs worldwide, published in Science magazine, references Living Oceans Foundation Coral Reef Ecologist Alex Dempsey and focuses on the impact to the Great Barrier Reef (GBR) which the Foundation surveyed as part of …

There’s a first time for everything

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Mangrove Education and Restoration Program Blog After spending two weeks in the Caribbean, we have successfully implemented the J.A.M.I.N. and B.A.M. programs. This trip, my favorite part has been watching the students light up when they interact with the animals that …

JAMIN Spring 2016

Journey with us through these images from our Jamaica Awareness of Mangroves in Nature, JAMIN Spring 2016 project.  Students and teachers alike went beyond just mangrove trees to learn about the entire mangrove ecosystem, its role in nature, and the organisms that …

BAM Spring 2016

Here are some fantastic images of our time spent in The Bahamas to conduct the Bahamas Awareness of Mangroves, BAM Spring 2016 project.  Not sure who had more fun … the BAM LOF Education Team, the teachers, or the students!  We all …